नीलकण्ठ

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Alternative scripts

নীলকণ্ঠ (Assamese script)
ᬦᬷᬮᬓᬡ᭄ᬞ (Balinese script)
নীলকণ্ঠ (Bengali script)
𑰡𑰱𑰩𑰎𑰜𑰿𑰙 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀦𑀻𑀮𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀞 (Brahmi script)
နီလကဏ္ဌ (Burmese script)
નીલકણ્ઠ (Gujarati script)
ਨੀਲਕਣ੍ਠ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌨𑍀𑌲𑌕𑌣𑍍𑌠 (Grantha script)
ꦤꦷꦭꦏꦟ꧀ꦜ (Javanese script)
𑂢𑂲𑂪𑂍𑂝𑂹𑂘 (Kaithi script)
ನೀಲಕಣ್ಠ (Kannada script)
នីលកណ្ឋ (Khmer script)
ນີລກຓ຺ຐ (Lao script)
നീലകണ്ഠ (Malayalam script)
ᠨᡳᡳᠯᠠᡬᠠᢏᡱᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘡𑘲𑘩𑘎𑘜𑘿𑘙 (Modi script)
ᠨᠢᠢᠯᠠᢉᠠᢏᢍᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧁𑧓𑧉𑦮𑦼𑧠𑦹 (Nandinagari script)
𑐣𑐷𑐮𑐎𑐞𑑂𑐛 (Newa script)
ନୀଲକଣ୍ଠ (Odia script)
ꢥꢷꢭꢒꢠ꣄ꢝ (Saurashtra script)
𑆤𑆵𑆬𑆑𑆟𑇀𑆜 (Sharada script)
𑖡𑖱𑖩𑖎𑖜𑖿𑖙 (Siddham script)
නීලකණ‍්ඨ (Sinhalese script)
𑩯𑩑𑩛𑩽𑩜𑩪 𑪙𑩧 (Soyombo script)
𑚝𑚯𑚥𑚊𑚘𑚶𑚕 (Takri script)
நீலகண்ட² (Tamil script)
నీలకణ్ఠ (Telugu script)
นีลกณฺฐ (Thai script)
ནཱི་ལ་ཀ་ཎྛ (Tibetan script)
𑒢𑒲𑒪𑒏𑒝𑓂𑒚 (Tirhuta script)
𑨝𑨁𑨊𑨬𑨋𑨘𑩇𑨕 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology edit

Compound of नील (nīla) +‎ कण्ठ (kaṇṭha), referring to the Hindu belief that Shiva has a blue throat as a result of swallowing poison that arose during the churning of the ocean. The adjective नीलग्रीव (nīlagrīva) was already applied to Rudra since the time of the Yajur Veda.

Pronunciation edit

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /niː.lɐ.kɐɳ.ʈʰɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪iː.l̪ɐˈkɐɳ.ʈʰɐ/

Proper noun edit

नीलकण्ठ • (nīlakaṇṭha) stem, m

"blue throated", an epithet of Shiva

Declension edit

Masculine a-stem declension of नीलकण्ठ (nīlakaṇṭha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नीलकण्ठः nīlakaṇṭhaḥ	नीलकण्ठौ / नीलकण्ठा¹ nīlakaṇṭhau / nīlakaṇṭhā¹	नीलकण्ठाः / नीलकण्ठासः¹ nīlakaṇṭhāḥ / nīlakaṇṭhāsaḥ¹
Vocative	नीलकण्ठ nīlakaṇṭha	नीलकण्ठौ / नीलकण्ठा¹ nīlakaṇṭhau / nīlakaṇṭhā¹	नीलकण्ठाः / नीलकण्ठासः¹ nīlakaṇṭhāḥ / nīlakaṇṭhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	नीलकण्ठम् nīlakaṇṭham	नीलकण्ठौ / नीलकण्ठा¹ nīlakaṇṭhau / nīlakaṇṭhā¹	नीलकण्ठान् nīlakaṇṭhān
Instrumental	नीलकण्ठेन nīlakaṇṭhena	नीलकण्ठाभ्याम् nīlakaṇṭhābhyām	नीलकण्ठैः / नीलकण्ठेभिः¹ nīlakaṇṭhaiḥ / nīlakaṇṭhebhiḥ¹
Dative	नीलकण्ठाय nīlakaṇṭhāya	नीलकण्ठाभ्याम् nīlakaṇṭhābhyām	नीलकण्ठेभ्यः nīlakaṇṭhebhyaḥ
Ablative	नीलकण्ठात् nīlakaṇṭhāt	नीलकण्ठाभ्याम् nīlakaṇṭhābhyām	नीलकण्ठेभ्यः nīlakaṇṭhebhyaḥ
Genitive	नीलकण्ठस्य nīlakaṇṭhasya	नीलकण्ठयोः nīlakaṇṭhayoḥ	नीलकण्ठानाम् nīlakaṇṭhānām
Locative	नीलकण्ठे nīlakaṇṭhe	नीलकण्ठयोः nīlakaṇṭhayoḥ	नीलकण्ठेषु nīlakaṇṭheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants edit

→ Hindi: नीलकंठ (nīlkaṇṭh)
→ Kannada: ನೀಲಕಂಠ (nīlakaṇṭha)
→ Malayalam: നീലകണ്ഠൻ (nīlakaṇṭhaṉ)
→ Tamil: நீலகண்டன் (nīlakaṇṭaṉ)
→ Telugu: నీలకంఠుడు (nīlakaṇṭhuḍu)